4 Drug Suspects Charged

FORT LAUDERDALE — Four men were arrested on drug charges after they tried to sell 5 kilograms of cocaine to an undercover police detective, police said Tuesday.

One of the suspects, Juan Antonio Soto, 30, of Miami, told police he had been convicted in federal court on a marijuana charge three weeks ago.

Also arrested were Wayne Ballew, 33, of the 2500 block of Southwest 58th Avenue, Hollywood; Orlando Eugene Pisegna, 36, of Miami; and Joseph Messina, 33, of the 5100 block of Southwest 28th Terrace, in an unincorporated area near Fort Lauderdale.

All four were charged with trafficking in cocaine and conspiracy to traffic in cocaine, and were being held on $500,000 bail each in the Broward County Jail.